You can't prioritise them out of the Plusnet routers. That's the point . It's too late after that.

Also we are back to what over 95% of users have as their home kit and expertise . Certainly nothing that is in your list there .

People can have three kids gaming or whatever and two mistresses using the line at the same time as someone is torrenting films ....

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

You can't prioritise them out of the Plusnet routers. That's the point . It's too late after that.

Also we are back to what over 95% of users have as their home kit and expertise . Certainly nothing that is in your list there .

People can have three kids gaming or whatever and two mistresses using the line at the same time as someone is torrenting films ....

Hee hee, well I'm still tempted to migrate over to PN, but I just don't see the need for the complexity, as I know homes with 4 teenagers and two parents all using the net at the same time on various ISPs (including BT, VM and others) on DSL and FTTC, without any problem.

As far as I can see it's only relevant to gaming and VOIP. The recommendation is not to take the Pro option, though Chris seems to like it. As he seems to be objective in reporting effects I'm sure for his usage profile he has it right.

For the vast majority it's a non-issue, but if Pro does make a difference for you (it doesn't commit long-term, you can start and stop it subject to one month minimum use per spell, so easy to trial), you need to build in the possible cost to your decision.

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

As far as I can see it's only relevant to gaming and VOIP. The recommendation is not to take the Pro option, though Chris seems to like it. As he seems to be objective in reporting effects I'm sure for his usage profile he has it right.

For the vast majority it's a non-issue, but if Pro does make a difference for you (it doesn't commit long-term, you can start and stop it subject to one month minimum use per spell, so easy to trial), you need to build in the possible cost to your decision.

If its the option I saw for £5/m then I'll try without and see how I get on. I suspect I'm not going to be heavily using my connection for the next 12 months anyway

In reply to a post by wolf359:

I already use the sr102 for my adsl (picked one up from ebay)
As you say it's wireless is pants( but still better than the sr101 ) I have a triple setup with old routers setup so I use channels 1, 6 & 11 so have universal coverage around the house and garden. Most of my connections are wired
I'm toying with the idea of plusnet for the extra speed if my connection will go that high, but really don't like the idea of any forms of traffic management on the line

Would recommend you stay with Sky. A few friends of mine tried Plusnet, but their torrent and even some game files/patches updates run at terrible speeds compared to mine.

How do their connection speeds compare with yours?

I have no problems whatsoever with PN, even in peak times.